Net Entertainment investors will not be too displeased with the latest set of quarterly results released Thursday by the company, which tell a story of continued success through growth, although quarterly profit after tax was almost SEK 2 million down.. The company’s Q1-2013 results to end March this year included the following highlights: * Revenues …
Slotland’s latest proprietary slot celebrates the golden age of aviation. Airmail is a five-reel, twelve-plus-one payline slot featuring a retro design. The game includes a new “re-spin” feature that allows player the option to try for a better combination of symbols by spinning one reel again. Three scatter symbols trigger the Re-spin bonus feature and …
A William Hill press advert that appeared in the Racing Post has been taken to task by the UK Advertising Standards Authority. The ad headlined ” “Who’s Been The Best Price On The Favourites So Far This Season?” showed four boxes, each contained a big William Hill-branded football shirt and three smaller shirts branded with …
Country Manager of Codere Argentina, Héctor Luna, has dismissed media reports that the company may withdraw from the country . The company was rumoured to be considering a withdrawal from the market due to difficulties in repatriating capital from its Argentinean operations to other operations worldwide while other reports pointed to the possible threat of …
Sportech PLC division Sportech Racing has inked a deal with Darby Development LLC, the manager and operator of Monmouth Park Racetrack. Monmouth Park has been a Sportech Racing customer for 13 years under a contract with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. Under the terms of the deal Sportech Racing will provide pari-mutuel wagering …
Net Entertainment has released its latest video slot Space Wars in which players are invited to join the battle for galactic control. The 5-reel, 40-line game revolves around five extra-terrestrial species all fighting for the ultimate prize of a powerful crystal. Featuring Wild substitutions and a free re-spin, when the winning symbol is cloned and …
The UK online gambling group Betfair plc has appointed Peter Jackson as a non-executive director and a member of its audit committee with immediate effect. Jackson is currently the CEO of Travelex, having joined the foreign exchange provider in March 2010. Before Travelex, he was managing director of consumer banking for the Lloyds Banking Group, …
The prospects for California state Senator Rod Wright’s latest attempt to legalise intrastate sports betting improved Tuesday with an 11-0 vote to progress his bill SB109 by the Senate Governmental Organization Committee. Hopefully the bill will have better luck than its predecessor – SB1390 – a year ago, which made it through the committee gauntlet …
Following the release of an outstanding first quarter report Tuesday 888 Holdings chief executive Brian Mattingley shared his thoughts on the future with the Reuters news agency, revealing that the company expects to be online with poker in Nevada by the summer, and should start seeing positive effects from a more liberated American online market …
Top US gambling content and machine developer Bally Technologies is enhancing its development capability significantly through a multi-year partnership with Unity Technologies, a San Francisco-based middleware developer, the companies announced Tuesday. Unity’s solution is widely used by slot manufacturers and online gambling companies to create compelling interactive gambling content. The Unity developer community is more …
Jarrod Epps’s social gaming enterprise BuddyBet received a major boost this week with $3 million in private investor funding. The Prague-based company, which is focused on sports betting distinguishes itself from traditional online gambling and gaming websites by allowing people to bet against other BuddyBet users instead of playing against the site itself, the publication …
Online gambling operator Panda Media is to use Betsoft Gaming slots on its sites Videoslots.com and the white label, Aussie-themed Emu Casino, the two companies announced Tuesday. Under the terms of the partnership, Panda Media will be launching BetSoft’s complete game library on the websites, along with the innovative new ToGo line of mobile slots. …
Nevada bill SB 418, which legalises betting on federal elections made it through the state Senate Tuesday on a 14-7 vote and is now on its way to the House. And in related news, bill AB 346, which seeks to permit syndicate, group or ‘entity’ wagering within the state on sports events was unanimously passed …
The debt-burdened Las Vegas land gambling giant Caesars Entertainment (which reportedly has debts exceeding $24 billion) is to spin off its successful online division, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, to a new and separate company titled Caesars Growth Partners, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The $2.3 billion new company, which will be helmed by CIE chief …
A deal agreed between GameAccount and Ainsworth Game Technology in November 2012 has come to fruition with the release of Ainsworth Game Technology’s Roaming Reels and Dragon Lines on Rank Interactive ‘s Meccabingo.com operation earlier this month. Rank Interactive’s Mecca and Grosvenor Casino are the first operators to launch Ainsworth’s land based titles with further …
Savvy investors in the UK online and land gambling company Paddy Power plc have become accustomed over the last few years to seeing analyst praise in the form of ‘outperform’ ratings, but this week prospects in the Italian online market caused an unexpected reversal. Davy Stockbrokers reluctantly downgraded Paddy Power to ‘underperform’, a move that …
Online punters appointed to beta test 3Dice Casino’s latest online slot from the Angle Gaming studios in Belgium report that the game has been titled Enchanted Spins, and includes a bonus round, expanding wizard wilds turbo-mode for the impatient and great music and sound effects. The launch date is not yet known.
The Pennsylvania online gambling legalisation bill HB1235 authored by Rep. Tina Davis which was referred to the Committee on Gaming Oversight this week was published on the Pennsylvanian legislature website this week. Pertinent points include: – The wording of the proposal seems to indicate that only existing category 3 slot machine licensees may apply to …
Argentinean game developer Globant has entered into partnership with Bally Technologies and will begin development of a range games and digital gaming products for Bally Technologies’ web and mobile platforms. “We are really proud to have been selected by Bally Technologies as their partner”, said Guibert Englebienne, Globant co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. “I’m confident …
Las Vegas-based gaming development studio Genesis Gaming has launched four new games this April. Three of the games will launch on the Quickfire Platform powered by Microgaming and the other on 888.com’s online casino. Royal Roller for the Quickfire platform is a 25-line, 5-reel video slot game with a Roulette Free Spin bonus feature. The …
Bodog Asia has appointed Izhar Biran to the position Marketing Operations Director. Biran has held a number of positions in the gambling industry that include Casino Manager at Pacific Sea Invests, Risk management consultant at Victor Chandler, Operations Manager at Paragon and Business Account Manager at Playtech. “Bodog Asia has been catching my eye for …
According to various press reports, Spanish gaming firm Codere is to cease operations in Argentina with the closure of fourteen bingo halls in Buenos Aires. The company, despite reporting strong revenue and operating profits from the region as well as receiving an extension to five of its licenses until 2017 reportedly has difficulty repatriating capital …
MGT Sports Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of MGT Capital Investments has ventured into the online and mobile gaming and wagering industry with the acquisition of a controlling interest of 65 percent in FanTD LLC. FanTD LLC’s website fanthrowdown.com hosts an interactive offering where customers participate in free or real-money fantasy sports play. The company …
The debate around how much tax New Jersey will reap from legalised online gambling in the state continued this week with the publication New Jersey.com publishing comparative figures from a number of studies. The Christie administration’s projection – based on estimates by the traditionally conservative Wells Fargo analysts – is that online gambling will raise …